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Musk Bid for More Data on Twitter Bot Accounts Denied by Judge

Elon Musk was denied access to additional documents about Twitter’s internal measure of robot and spam accounts after a judge concluded the company already disclosed enough of the information as part of the billionaire’s legal fight over a scuttled takeover. Twitter has “done enough” in handing over documents about the so-called mDAU — a metric used to survey human users of the social media…

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ONDC to Get Many More Apps Onboard in Coming Weeks as Beta Testing Begins

The commerce and industry ministry on Friday said many more applications will join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in the coming weeks to expand both buyers and sellers who can participate in this platform. ONDC — the ministry’s initiative to help small retailers and reduce the dominance of e-commerce giants — has opened to the public in certain parts of Bengaluru from Friday as part…

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ONDC Network Begins Beta Testing in Bengaluru at Select Locations

In a significant milestone, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), has opened its network to consumers in 16 locations across the city of Bengaluru, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Friday. To begin with, consumers can place their orders in two domains — groceries and restaurants — through buyer…

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Ten Things Elon Musk's Texts Reveal About the Twitter Deal

Ten Things Elon Musk’s Texts Reveal About the Twitter Deal

A new trove of text messages between Elon Musk and Twitter executives, close friends, potential investors and Silicon Valley bros sheds light on how a $44 billion (nearly Rs. 3,58,100 crore) deal by the world’s richest person to buy the social media company came about — and ended up in court. The texts show who wanted to be part of the buyout and reveal the inner circle’s musings on who should…

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Google Reportedly Launches Redesigned Play Store for Tablets: Details

Google Play Store for tablets has reportedly received an update that includes a redesigned interface. The update adds a navigation rail that shows up on user interaction at the top left corner, instead of the always-visible rail seen previously, while also featuring a narrower search box and logo intended to free up screen space. Google is currently utilising the freed-up screen space for larger…

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Twitter Tests Vertical Scrolling for Video: All Details

Twitter has announced that it will begin rolling out a redesigned video viewing experience on its platform that will allow users to watch video appearing on their feeds or tweets in a full-screen view. Users will also be able to vertically scroll from the full-screen view to watch more video content. The company has also made changes to the explore tab with an added video carousel feature along…

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US Lawmakers Pass Antitrust Legislation Targeting Big Tech Dominance

The House on Thursday approved antitrust legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in competition cases and increasing money for federal regulators. The bipartisan measure passed by a 242-184 vote. It was separated from more ambitious provisions aimed at reining in Meta, Google, Amazon, and Apple and cleared by key House and Senate committees. Those…

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Read Elon Musk's Texts to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Ahead of October Trial

Read Elon Musk’s Texts to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Ahead of October Trial

Newly disclosed text messages between Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal showed that the two men briefly bonded in the spring over their love of engineering — at least until Musk publicly tweeted this message early on April 9: ‘ Is Twitter dying? ‘” That soured a relationship that appeared to bloom around the time Twitter offered the billionaire Tesla CEO a board seat after learning that he…

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Microsoft Discontinues Swiftkey Keyboard on iOS Devices: Report

Microsoft has announced that it will be discontinuing iOS support for its predictive QWERTY Keyboard application software, Swiftkey. The keyboard application will reportedly be delisted from the Apple App Store on October 5. However, iOS users who have already installed the Swiftkey application on their iPhone, or iPad will be able to continue using the application until it is manually…

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Google Reportedly Testing Message Reactions to SMS From iPhone Users

Google recently launched a campaign last month titled #GetTheMessage that aimed to convince Apple to support Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging on iPhones. According to a report Google’s efforts to improve messaging between Android and iPhone users are apparent with the latest feature being tested on the app. A Reddit user has spotted that the Google Messages app is testing the ability…

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Australia Plans Tough Data Protection Laws After Optus Cyberattack

Australia could have tough new data protection laws in place this year in an urgent response to a cyberattack that stole from a telecommunications company the personal data of 9.8 million customers, the attorney-general said Thursday. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the government would make “urgent reforms” to the Privacy Act following the unprecedented hack last week on Optus, Australia’s…

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Twitter Blasted by Firms for Showing Ads Next to Child Pornography Accounts

Some major advertisers including Dyson, Mazda, and chemicals company Ecolab have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from parts of Twitter because their promotions are appearing alongside tweets soliciting child pornography, the companies told Reuters. Ads for at least 30 brands, ranging from Walt Disney, Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Coca-Cola to a children’s hospital, have…

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Robinhood, Circle to Allow Customers to Trade USD Coin: Details

Robinhood Markets Inc said on Wednesday it has joined forces with crypto firm Circle to provide customers the option to buy and sell stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) on the brokerage’s platform. The addition of USDC brings the total number of assets available to buy and sell through Robinhood Crypto to 17, and is the first stablecoin listed on the app, the company said. USDC, which is principally…

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Amazon Increases Hourly Wages for US Warehouse, Transportation Workers

Amazon’s warehouse and transportation workers will receive an increased average starting pay of more than $19 (roughly Rs. 1,560) per hour from $18 (roughly Rs. 1,500), the world’s largest online retailer said on Wednesday. The wage hike would help the company attract and retain workers in a tightening US labour market as the peak season for gifting gets underway. Amazon said the pay hikes would…

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Apple Removes Russian Social App VKontakte to Comply with Sanctions

Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it removed popular Russian social network VKontakte from its App Store globally due to sanctions imposed by Britain. The British government on Monday sanctioned 92 Russian individuals and entities after President Vladimir Putin’s regime held referendums in Moscow-controlled areas of Ukraine – denounced by Kyiv and its allies as a “sham” – and stepped up threats…

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Facebook Must Compensate Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech, Amnesty Says

Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas forced from their homes in Myanmar in a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate speech, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. The Rohingyas, a mainly Muslim minority, were targeted by Myanmar’s military rulers in 2017 and driven into neighbouring Bangladesh, where they have since lived in sprawling refugee…

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WhatsApp Reveals Critical Vulnerabilities in Older App Versions

WhatsApp, Meta’s instant messaging and calling service, has published details of a ‘critical’ vulnerability that has been patched in a newer version of the app but might still affect older installed versions that have not been updated. The details regarding the vulnerability were revealed in a September update of WhatsApp‘s page on security advisories affecting the app and came to light on…

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